I don't quite understand how the structure of SAS EG, especially the projects, work. Please explain

[SASGeek]

Hello,

Although I've been using SAS ince 1983 (HELLLOOOOO JCL & TSO), all my SAS PC work has been on the base, one file per program version. I have a new job where the manager insists on having a process for

1. Libnames
2. Macro variables
3. Extractions (data retrieval)
4. Transformations
5. Loads or Reports

I understand his approach but what I don't understand is how EG does this. What I mean is do I save each program separately (ie I'll have 4 programs for transformations) or do I save it all under the EG project, or both?

In a past employer, we tried to use EG and the projects would corrupt, losing our work.

Any guidance is appreciated

Thank  you

Paula Sims

[Reeza]

You save each program separately and then run them in an EG project using a process flow so that they run after each other or an Ordered List.

[SASKiwi]

If you don't like using EG projects then create a SAS "control" program that runs the individual steps using the %INCLUDE statement:

%include "libnames.sas";
%include "macro_variables.sas";
%include "extractions.sas";
%include "transformations.sas";
%include "reports.sas";